Stories

Nov 27, 202311 min read

Giving Back To The Land: Decolonizing Forest Therapy

Having Honest Conversations about Settler Colonialism, Healing, and the Wellness Industry I am a settler: What is Settler Colonialism?...

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Mar 31, 202311 min read

Access Intimacy in Nature: Accessing Care through Direct Experiences

In celebration of Disability Awareness Month, we share a series of stories that portray what true access intimacy is and the lesson that...

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Dec 1, 202213 min read

Exploring the Forest through Protactile: The DeafBlind Way

Co-authored by Summer Crider, Hayley Broadway, and Jessica Ennis, with participation of DeafBlind co-navigators Kim Powers, Riss Leitzke,...

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Jul 29, 20228 min read

StoryWeaving: Co-Navigating with Disabled Bodies

Article written by Summer Crider and Meredith Burke StoryWeaving: Co-Navigating with Disabled Bodies: Part 1 In the beginning of my newly...

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Apr 30, 20225 min read

Navigating Our Edges: Partnership Guiding in Silence

In Nature, disability is merely a social construction and using silence in Forest Therapy can help us look deep inside ourselves, past...

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There is no greater agony than

bearing an untold story inside you.

-Maya Angelou

THE GIVING CYPRESS